At present the RVCG are in the process of gaining a licence to care for a small green space by Coleys Lane, Northfield. They plan to manage the site as a small nature reserve that will be open to the public at certain times.

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Senneleys ParkThe Friends of Senneleys Park are a local community group working with other bodies to preserve, develop and improve the environment, facilities and usage of Senneleys Park. The park has entrances off Mill Lane, Kingsbridge Road and Senneleys Park Road, with a playground close to the Mill Road entrance.

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Bordesley Green Forest Garden is one of the largest community food forest projects in the West Midlands. The project works with the local community and wider region to promote regenerative urban food production and community collaboration.

A forest garden is defined as an edible and productive garden using trees, shrubs and other perennial plants. These are mixed in such a way as to mimic the structure of a natural forest – the most stable and sustainable type of ecosystem in our climate. The project is open to volunteers of all ages, experience and skill levels in a bid to promote eco-system design, community resilience, and low input food production methods.

If you would like to know more about the project, or receive event information, you can join its Facebook page or email project co-ordinator, Andrew Walton, at andrew@bioregionbirmingham.org.

Jones WoodFriends of Jones Wood- Looking after an historic woodland area in the heart of Walmley

Ideal Village ParkFriends of Idea Village Park - a heritage park created in the Bordesley Green Area, east Birmingham, surrounded by housing.

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Would you and your street like to take part in the ‘Wild Birmingham’ initiative on Saturday 30th September? The project is hoping to work with all of the 70 streets and roads that have had road closures to date with ActiveStreets and close these roads, along with hopefully more, simultaneously across the city. We want the project to bring to life everyone’s hard work, in one big city wide event.

The aim of the day, on the 30th September, is to get people involved in activities that, this time, more specifically introduce ‘nature’ into our roads. ActiveStreets hope that by using the spaces in and around streets to communally grow flowers, vegetables or event plant trees, everyone will benefit in some way not just you and your neighbours but for all who call city home.

One of the key objectives they are focusing on is clean air for all. Tree planting activities and so on will have long term, positive impacts on quality of air on our streets. The lack of traffic on your road during the closure will also deliver a short term improvement in the air quality.

So, for this event, they would love for you to consider closing your road on Saturday 30th September at some point between 10am and 5pm (asking people to focus on 11am-1pm as a minimum). It will be exciting to have all these streets closed at the same time, and fantastic to encourage residents to come out and participate in various activities based around the themes of conservation, sustainability and resourcefulness.
Example activities include:

Making seedbags to be planted

Planting flowers

Planting vegetables

Make your own herb garden

Build your own book swap library

Plant your own hanging baskets

Plant a tree on your street

If you would like to join in and help re-wild Birmingham on the 30th September please click here and apply.